SPRINGDALE, Ark. (BP) – Ronnie Floyd, in just over 3 and a half minutes, speaks volumes about ethnic inclusiveness within the Southern Baptist Convention. Floyd speaks in English and, through a translator’s voice, in Spanish and Korean in a new video to invite Southern Baptists to the SBC annual meeting next June in St. Louis. More than 3,200 Hispanic churches and church-type missions are among the 40,700-plus Southern Baptist congregations across the U.S. and its territories. Korean … [Read more...]
Christian colleges affirm biblical marriage
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities announced resignations, Sept. 21, of two schools that sparked dissension – and prompted other schools to withdraw from the council – after expanding their hiring and benefits policies to embrace same-sex marriage. The pro-homosexual policy changes at these two colleges – Goshen College of Goshen, Ind., and Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisburg, Va. – left Bible-believing institutions with CCCU membership, like … [Read more...]
Christian colleges affirm biblical marriage
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities announced resignations, Sept. 21, of two schools that sparked dissension – and prompted other schools to withdraw from the council – after expanding their hiring and benefits policies to embrace same-sex marriage. The pro-homosexual policy changes at these two colleges – Goshen College of Goshen, Ind., and Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisburg, Va. – left Bible-believing institutions with CCCU membership, like … [Read more...]
1st Arnold’s Qualls named NAMB rep
ARNOLD – Kenny Qualls, pastor of First Baptist Church of Arnold, will serve as the North American Mission Board’s new ambassador to Southern Baptist pastors in Missouri. Through this new role, he’ll connect with Missouri pastors on behalf of NAMB president Kevin Ezell to encourage and pray with them. A key part of the role will also be to express gratitude to pastors for their churches’ continual partnership in missions and participation in the Cooperative Program and the Annie Armstrong … [Read more...]
Faith-based schools face LGBT dilemmas
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WNS) – In the months since the Supreme Court decided same-sex marriage should be legal throughout the United States, faith-based high schools have entered a new frontier. While some Christian schools are fighting to teach biblical views on sexuality, others have changed to fit in. Last week, Lance Sanderson was sent home from his all-boys high school in Tennessee. He asked the administration for permission to bring a boy to Christian Brothers High School’s homecoming … [Read more...]
NAMB trustees approve Send Relief, IMB aid
SALT LAKE CITY (BP) – Trustees of the North American Mission Board have approved the establishment of Send Relief – a new compassion ministry to offer Southern Baptists opportunities to meet physical needs and serve underprivileged communities. Also during their Oct. 7 meeting, NAMB’s trustees approved a $4 million budget reduction so the entity can send funds to assist International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries. NAMB President Kevin Ezell, commenting on the Send Relief initiative, … [Read more...]
Convention heavyweights turn out for MBTS symposium
KANSAS CITY -— Leaders from across the Southern Baptist Convention gathered at Midwestern Seminary’s Kansas City campus on Sept. 28-29 to address issues pertaining to the denomination’s future during a symposium entitled, The SBC & the 21st Century: Reflection, Renewal, and Recommitment. The event, which Midwestern Seminary President, Jason Allen, said will take place on a triennial basis, welcomed keynote speakers including Frank Page, Ronnie Floyd, Thom Rainer, David Dockery, Albert … [Read more...]
Yeats, other execs make state conventions’ case
KANSAS CITY – Leaders from five midwest and southern conventions laid out the history – and their vision for the future – of state conventions in Southern Baptist Life at SBC and the 21st Century symposium at Midwestern Seminary Sept. 29. The Missouri Baptist Convention’s (MBC) Executive Director John Yeats joined Paul Chitwood of the Kentucky Baptist Convention, Tim Lubinus of the Baptist Convention of Iowa, Jim Richards of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, and Anthony Jordan of … [Read more...]
Floyd calls for awakening, ponders IMB/NAMB merger
KANSAS CITY (BP) – Merging the International Mission Board and North American Mission Board is a key question Southern Baptists must address if a much-prayed-for spiritual awakening comes to their network of churches. SBC President Ronnie Floyd raised the question during his address at a symposium on “The SBC & the 21st Century: Reflection, Renewal & Recommitment” Sept. 28-29 at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City. “Spiritual renewal leads to strategic … [Read more...]
Floyd calls for awakening, ponders IMB/NAMB merger
KANSAS CITY (BP) – Merging the International Mission Board and North American Mission Board is a key question Southern Baptists must address if a much-prayed-for spiritual awakening comes to their network of churches. SBC President Ronnie Floyd raised the question during his address at a symposium on “The SBC & the 21st Century: Reflection, Renewal & Recommitment” Sept. 28-29 at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City. “Spiritual renewal leads to strategic … [Read more...]
Churches work to overcome challenges in South Africa
DIPHAGANE, South Africa (BP) –Early one Saturday morning, a mission group from two Baptist churches in Virginia attended a funeral in the yard of a deceased South African’s home. Hundreds of Pedi villagers poured in for the funeral. Some were close friends or family members, while others barely knew her, but because of their sense of community they all felt compelled to go. A procession of family, friends, other villagers and the Americans made their way to the gravesite. Later that day, … [Read more...]
Views on divorce divide Americans
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pastors believe not all divorces are created equal, but for many Americans any reason is as good as another according to new research from Nashville-based LifeWay Research. “Pastors make a distinction about the rightness of a divorce based on the reasons behind it,” says Scott McConnell, LifeWay Research vice president. “They want to account for the parts of Scripture that speak of possible rationales.” However, Americans view virtually all reasons for ending a marriage … [Read more...]
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